All eyes will be on Saturday’s top-of-the-table clash between Gold Coast United and Lions in this weekend’s NPL Queensland Women’s Round 6 action.
Last season’s Grand Finalists have stolen an early march on the chasing pack and go head-to-head at Coplicks on Saturday night in what shapes as a key clash in the title race.
United sit top of the league having won five from five so far this season including a last-ditch win over Eastern Suburbs last weekend thanks to a stunning 88th-minute Astia Neckebroeck long-range strike.
After having their 61-game unbeaten run ended by Easts two weeks ago Lions bounced back with a comprehensive 9-0 victory over Capalaba last weekend to keep them within three points of the league leaders.
The sides last met in the 2022 NPL Queensland Women’s Grand Final with Lions running out 6-0 winners on that occasion.
United were the last team other than Lions to get their hands on any major women’s silverware on offer in Queensland, winning the NPL Queensland Women’s Premiership in 2020.
Elsewhere, Peninsula Power who climbed to third with a 2-0 midweek win over Olympic, will see the weekend as an opportunity to make up ground on at least one of the sides above them if they can collect three points against Souths United at Wakerley Park on Saturday night.
Eastern Suburbs who occupy fourth position heading into the weekend open the round at home to QAS on Friday night.
Lachlan Leong’s side look to bounce back after suffering their first defeat of the season against Gold Coast United last weekend.
Capalaba and Olympic go head-to-head at Max Haynes Field on Saturday night with both sides in desperate search of a victory.
The two sides currently occupy eighth and tenth on the league table with neither having picked up a point since Round Two.
In Sunday’s only match Sunshine Coast host Mitchelton at Ballinger Park with the Wanderers still searching for their first win of the new campaign while the Mustangs will look to push into the top four with three points.
You can watch every NPL Queensland Women’s match live and free on FQTV or the Football Queensland YouTube channel.